Martin Puryear appointed for the American Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2019
The 77 year old artist, whose work was exhibited in Venice in 1979, 1981 and 1989, will be representing the United States at the next Venice Biennale, from May 11 to November 24.
The winner of the last MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Martin Puryear is represented by the Matthew Marks Gallery. Working principally with sculpture, he "combines modernist abstraction with traditions of crafts and woodworking". Martin Puryear will be following in the footsteps of Mark Bradford. More information available via Artnews.
Sotheby's joins forces with Steve Lazarides to put Rammellzee works on the market
At the biggest European Street-Art gallery, the auction house will be offering pieces from the famous street-artist's estate (managed by the Sotheby's) in parallel with the Frieze next October. Rammellzee, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 49, was a central figure in the underground New York scene. Some of the works currently on show at an exhibition at the Red Bull Arts Center in New York have been lent by Sotheby's.
This Autumn, at the first big UK exhibition dedicated to the artist, Sotheby's will be looking to sell around five pieces, valued at between £30,000 and £350,000. Read further via The Art Newspaper.
Photo by Lance Brewer. Courtesy of Red Bull Arts New York. All work ©2018 The Rammellzee Estate
